Cucumber Reports (no 3) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	3	20 Aug 2026, 03:16

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:30.694	Passed

17.506

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.133

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 11.303

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.139

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.250

When the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.948

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 8.954

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.909

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.676

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.182

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.142

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.891

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.826

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.236

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.315

Output 1

Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.073

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.215

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.218

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 41.457

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.170

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.890

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.342

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.549

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.298

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.694

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.835

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.081

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.613

And the computer boots Tails 29.077

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.457

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.224

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.098

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 17.083

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.456

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.034

Scenario I can manually recover from time sync failure when connecting automatically to obfs4 bridges with a clock East of UTC

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.223

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 4.023

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.769

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.617

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.283

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.396

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.791

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.323

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.925

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.306

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.979

Scenario I can connect to obfs4 bridges having a clock East of UTC while hiding that I am using Tor

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.256

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.741

And I capture all network traffic 0.010

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.788

# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 4.187

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.543

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.964

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.317

# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.834

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.347

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.101

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.127

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.065

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 6.527

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.342

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:30.694	Passed

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